rare … 05.31.08

rarely do you find a couple who gets married and remain that way for a very long time. today i did a funeral of someone who was married for 46 years. imagine 46 years. that’s a very long time especially in the days of the britney spears kind of marriage – 1 day; in the day of flavor flav where marriage is being trivialized, and the other so called reality shows. truly this couple honored their vow that says “until death do us part”. it took death to part them. how our teens need to see more of this. it would surely give them hope. i heard denzel washington the other day say he has been married for 30 years. i went wow! not in hollywood. but not everyone see marriage as a piece of paper, or as britney or flavor flav does. it was very hard watching this widow today mourn the death of her husband. by the way he died of cancer – that deadly disease. this is a reminder that life is so fragile. handle it carefully. in all your handling, put the Giver of life in his rightful place – 1st place (john 14:6)